Marriages (November 9)

Barber - Priest

Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, December 5, 1891

The principle event in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] for some time past, was the wedding of Frank F. Barber to Miss Helen Priest, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Priest, on Wednesday evening of this week.  The ceremony was performed by Rev., J.F. Barber, of Madrid, N.Y., father of the groom, assisted by Rev. Mr. Ashley, Baptist minister of this place.  The house was beautifully illuminated and the rooms decorated with choice potted plants and flowers, and an abundance of criptogams or running pine.  There was a large company gathered of relatives and friends of the happy couple, representing Binghamton, Oneonta, Coventry and other places. At eight o'clock, Miss Mary Humphry, of Sidney, a former music pupil of Miss Priest's, took her place at the piano and soon filled the house with the happy strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, after which the ceremony was performed. The bridesmaids were Misses Josie Priest and Helen Corbin, attended by Messrs. Harry Beatty, of Binghamton, and Bert Priest. The Pathway of the bride and groom was strewn with flowers by two little maids, Irena Ireland and Blanche Hynds, as they led the way to the altar. The bride was dressed in a handsome "caffe a lait gown of faile," entrain, trimmed in bride's roses. Supper was served on small tables, of which there was an abundance, and every one present enjoyed the occasion very much.  The presents were numerous, beautiful and valuable.  It would be useless to attempt an enumeration of them all.  Among other things was a handsome black walnut book case and secretary, presented by White, Hovey & Co., of the creamery where Mr. Barber is book keeper. The wedded couple are among our most beloved young people, and no one envies them their happy start in life, but all unite in wishing them many a joyous anniversary day.  The couple accompanied Rev. and Mrs. Barber to their home in Madrid Thursday morning, and will be gone several days, visiting Canada and other places in the meantime.

 

Oliver - Holmes

Chenango Union, August 28, 1902

A very pretty home wedding occurred at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. O. Leroy Holmes, Wednesday evening, when their daughter, Alta Luella [Holmes], was united in marriage with Davis Barnes Oliver of South Edmeston [Otsego Co., NY].  Over 100 guests were present, a large majority of whom were relatives of the bride or groom.  The house was prettily decorated with flowers, evergreens and clematis, the corner of the parlor where the ceremony took place being banked with evergreens while a floral bell of white and pink roses was suspended from the ceiling.  Previous to the ceremony and while the guests were assembling Misses Carrie Smith and Esther Westcott rendered several fine duets upon the piano. At promptly 8:30 to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march rendered by Miss Smith, the bridal party appeared, preceded by the little flower girl, Cora Race, a cousin of the bride. The ushers were Clinton Holmes and Carl Smith of Sherburne, and the bridesmaid and best man were Miss Anna Billings of Sherburne, and Earl C. Holmes of Norwich.  The bridal couple took their places under the floral bell while the ceremony was very impressively performed by Rev. L.H. Sprague of South Edmeston.  Sherburne News.

 

Davis -Bowden

Afton Enterprise, June 24, 1920

A very pretty wedding took place at 8:00 p.m. on June 16, 1920, at the home of Mrs. B.A. Walters, in Parsons, Pa. when her granddaughter, Hane M. Bowden, was united in marriage to Gordon Carr Davis, oldest son of Rev. and Mrs. John A. Davis.  The bride was dressed in white georgette crepe with pearl trimming, her veil being of white silk net with the pearl trimming, and carried a bouquet of bride's roses. The maid of honor, Mae Phillips, of Scranton, Pa., wore a flesh colored georgette crepe dress with bead trimming and carried a shower bouquet of pink roses.  Charles Justus Davis, brother of the groom, acted as best man.  Mr. Ralph W. Carr sang, "Oh Promise Me," after which the bridal party entered the beautifully decorated room to the strains of the Lohengrin Wedding March.  The ceremony was then solemnized by the bridegroom's father, assisted by Rev. Cook, former pastor of the bride, during which "Hearts and Flowers" was softly played. Miss Phillips then sang, "I Love You Truly."  Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Davis were extended while Mendelsohn's Wedding March was played.  Miss Ruth Chamberlin of Afton, N.Y., presided at the piano during the ceremony.  A wedding supper was then served, after which Mr. and Mrs. Davis left for Fair Haven, on Lake Ontario, where they will spend their honeymoon.

 

Cromwell - Shaw

Afton Enterprise, June 24, 1920

A brief announcement was made in last week's Enterprise, of the "very pretty home wedding," on June 12, 1920, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Shaw, on Caswell Street, when Edward Albert Cromwell of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], and Miss Charlotte Emma Shaw of this place were united in marriage by the bride's pastor, Dr. J.J. Francis of the Presbyterian Church.  The ceremony took place at 2:00 p.m. in the midst of a profusion of beautiful June roses, which transformed the parlor into a bower of bounty.  The bridal party consisting of the bride and groom, and their attendants, Clarence D. Fletcher, of Bainbridge, groomsman, and the bride's sister, Miss Dorothy I. Shaw, as Maid of Honor, entered to the familiar strains of the Wedding march.  The bride and her Maid of Honor looked very charming in their bridal costumes.  The bride's dress, which was of blue taffeta veiled in lace flouncing, was not only very lovely, but peculiarly interesting, being the wedding dress of both her grandmother, Mrs. McMaster, and her mother, Mrs. Shaw, at their own marriages, serving now for the third generation.  She wore a large white matine hat, and carried pink sweet peas and bridal roses.  Her Maid of Honor, Miss Dorothy, wore a robin's egg blue silver cloth dress, with a pink hat, and white sweet peas and La France roses. The happy groom and the groomsmen were in conventional dress. After the ceremony and congratulations, the entire party of about twenty five sat down to a dainty lunch served on small tables scattered over the lawn, and under the trees....Mrs. Cromwell has unnumbered devoted friends in Afton [Chenango Co., NY], where she has lived all her life, who will follow her with loving wishes for her future happiness.  The bride and groom left on the evening train for a wedding trip to Albany, Montreal, Saranac Lake, Whitehall and Boston. After their return they will make their home in Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].